Bt Share Discussion Threads

[toon1966] 11/1/2017 09:36

Christh - why are posting details of football matches on this forum?

[teamwork1] 11/1/2017 09:34

I get pay rise twice a year , and yeah am off today. Chilling at home.

[christh] 11/1/2017 09:27

teamwork1 11 Jan '17 - 09:13 - 20516 of 20516
I work for BT so I'd like to see them go up. Will have to see if it goes to 560. It's gone up to 4 pounds and everyone is jumping.


Go and do some work then, do not stand around posting in here.
I expect you to improve your skills and work harder otherwise you will get a bad APR
and might not get a pay rise this year.
So when it goes to 560p you will be doing Somersaults, LOL


My pension depends on you!

[teamwork1] 11/1/2017 09:13

I work for BT so I'd like to see them go up. Will have to see if it goes to 560. It's gone up to 4 pounds and everyone is jumping.

[christh] 11/1/2017 09:10

Another success for BT Sport

Crucial Lincoln City game to be screened live by BT Sport

Another Lincoln City game will be screened live after it was confirmed the showdown with promotion rivals Forest Green Rovers will be aired by BT Sport.

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[christh] 11/1/2017 08:52

BT chairman blasts critics for wanting to separate Openreach network


He said it would be counter-intuitive to break up the firm just as BT embarks on further upgrades for Openreach, which develops and maintains the UK's main telecoms network used by telephone and broadband providers such as Sky, TalkTalk, Vodafone and BT Consumer.

Speaking on the sidelines of an event where he signed a new military covenant reaffirming BT's commitment to the UK's armed forces, Sir Mike told the Press Association: "We're hopeful to reach a solution. As I have said, we have invested £10 billion over the past 10 years. Without us there would be nothing."

"Those who have criticised us were not willing to support fibre take-up when we started the investment. We have 95% (of the UK) covered with super-fast broadband. By 2020 we'll have a much higher percentage of 97% or 98%," he said.

"I think common sense says, why would you do something to damage a great British company that is investing in the future and can complete that investment?"

The telecoms watchdog said that it would take formal proceedings with the European Commission to force BT to legally separate its Openreach network arm after it said plans to appease competition concerns fell short.

Competitors including TalkTalk chief executive Dido Harding said in November that Ofcom's plans for legal separation were a "step in the right direction".


Sir Mike's comments were made at BT Tower where he lauded the company for being one of the country's largest employers and supporters of army reservists and ex-armed forces personnel.

"I see it as part of our responsibility to communities we work in," Sir Mike said.

He said BT has "come a long way" over the last eight or nine years and will continue to challenge competitors like Sky - which is the target of an £11.7 billion takeover bid by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox.

"We'll continue to compete. All we ask for is a level playing field, particularly from a regulatory point of view as Sky becomes part of a much larger organisation."

Sir Mike, who is expected to step down this autumn after a decade at BT, previously served as president of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), and was easyJet's chairman, as well as a non-executive director of Barclays.

When asked whether he was worried over the possibility of the UK leaving the EU's single market following the Brexit vote, he said the business community was "absolutely clear" that it would have been better to stay in the EU.

"We were the 'sick man' of Europe in 1975 when we joined the European Union and all the growth that we have had has been part of a 550 million (consumer) market where 45% of our exports go."

He added: "It's obvious that the business community and those organisations would like to remain in the single market, even if we're outside the European Union. And whether that's possible or not depends on the negotiations that take place."

[christh] 11/1/2017 08:45

Plymouth Argyle v Liverpool replay to be screened live by BT Sport

ARGYLE'S mouthwatering FA Cup replay with Liverpool will be broadcast live on BT Sport, it has been confirmed.

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[christh] 11/1/2017 08:40

WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE



Virgin surprises market by hopping into bed with BT for MVNO love-in
10 Jan 2017 at 16:19, Kat Hall

Virgin Media has surprised the market by signing a five-year deal with rival BT to use EE's network.

The Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) deal means BT's EE will provide wholesale mobile network services to Virgin Media, a subsidiary of Liberty Global.

Virgin Media has been relatively late to the 4G market, having only launched its service in November, also giving customers the ability to "roll over" unused data. It currently has 3 million subscribers.

EE has the largest 4G network in the UK, with BT owning a total 42% of the spectrum currently available.

The deal covers voice and data services and replaces an existing MVNO wholesale agreement between the two companies.

However, that contract predated BT's £10.5bn acquisition of EE, which has bolstered the former state monopoly's "quadplay" offering (the marketing term for broadband, line rental, TV and mobile). Virgin is also desperate to enter that space.

Windsor Holden, analyst at Juniper Research, said the deal will be a blow for Three, which had been in the running for the contract.

"There was a feeling that Virgin might not have wanted to go in with a competitor. No doubt Virgin had done some cost benefit analysis of the situation. On the minus side BT will know more about Virgin, but on the plus side there will be less bureaucracy in changing providers and clearly thought its network was more attractive."

Kester Mann, principal analyst at CCS Insight, agreed. "It is interesting that such close rivals in quadplay entered this wholesale deal."

He noted that the deal was similar to Sky Mobile's recent wholesale launch with O2, BT's main rival in the TV space.

But Matthew Howett, telecoms analyst at Ovum, said that while the deal might seem "counter-intuitive", there were many reasons why it was a good fit.

"Sky's MVNO deal with O2 meant that was clearly off the table. And Virgin and BT have been aligned from a policy point of view in both not wanting to see a full separation of Openreach."

Peter Kelly, managing director of Virgin Media, said the deal will give it more "firepower" in the UK mobile market.

Gerry McQuade, chief exec of BT Wholesale and a founding member of Virgin Mobile, said: "[We] are very pleased to renew and extend our 17-year-old relationship. As the largest wholesale provider of telecommunications services in Europe, BT values the economy of scale that Virgin Media brings to our network."

[christh] 11/1/2017 08:34

teamwork1 10 Jan '17 - 21:58 - 20506 of 20509

sadly you do not qualify for anything.


I hope you take the opportunity to buy now because this is heading to over 500p
but in the short term will tank around 450p.

It's one of the top shares for 2017!

Remember it has fallen from 502p to 443p so the hedge funds and other institutions manipulated the market to buy cheap.
So it is now time to push up to maybe 560p this year!

And teamwork1, this is not wishful thinking but its a market realisation!

[adelwire2] 11/1/2017 08:11

Ooh nice surprise

[montyhedge] 11/1/2017 08:09

You know I'm the No.1 trader.

[the dark horse] 11/1/2017 08:07

Good start to the day, shows which way it wants to go :)

[teamwork1] 10/1/2017 21:58

His the next monty lol

[diku] 10/1/2017 21:36

christh...you are a good salesman!!...

[excell1] 10/1/2017 21:18

Maybe but the fact is that this share has been sadly left behind and is due a re-rating.

[teamwork1] 10/1/2017 17:06

Wishful thinking

[christh] 10/1/2017 15:39

I reckon will be a shareprice run to 450p, but off course my thoughts.
Maybe the results were already leaked out and that's why is moving up.

The fact is always delivers very good results, so on the 27th January, might have a big jump as always does of 30p-50p rise on the day.

A great opportunity to buy now, for those who are still thinking about investing in BT.

[excell1] 10/1/2017 13:07

BT the share for 2017.

[teamwork1] 10/1/2017 12:42

Hope your right

[montyhedge] 10/1/2017 12:06

27th January the big date, you wont see under 400p again. That's when the run up starts.

[montyhedge] 10/1/2017 10:59

27th January, is 3rd quarter figures going to be superb, in my view.Last January on 3rd quarter figures is when they were announced shareprice run to 490p.I think after 27th January you won't see these under 405p again.Only my opinion.

[christh] 10/1/2017 10:40

BT receives Barclays boost
08:30 10 Jan 2017

BT receives Barclays boost : Barclays likes the business’ ability to generate cash

BT PLC (LON:BT.A) shares are significantly undervalued, according to one leading City bank.
The investment arm of Barclays reckons the telco is worth 525p, which is 36% ahead of the current share price.
Reiterating its ‘overweight217; stance, Barclays pointed out BT under-performed the sector ‘materially217; last year.
It also pointed out that regulation ‘remains an overhang’. Remember, the company is involved in a stand-off with watchdog Ofcom over how its Openreach arm is governed.
Setting that aside, Barclays likes the business’s ability to generate cash.
While the roll-out of its network of fibre lines might impinge on this, BT would still have financial firepower to deliver 10-15% dividend growth over four years on a compound annual basis, according to Barclays.
At 8.30am, the shares were marking time at 385p each. That’s around £1 lower than the current consensus price target.
Of the 14 brokers logged as following BT, 8 are ‘buyers’ and only 2 have ‘sell’ recommendations on the stock. The remainder think BT is fairly valued.

www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/171396/bt-receives-barclays-boost-171396.html

[montyhedge] 10/1/2017 09:36

ChristhWhere was that from.